of or relating to the most highly developed stage of an earlier civilisation and its culture; classic Cinese pottery

[ Syn: classic ]

of or relating to the study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome; a classical scholar'

traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste

[ Syn: classical music , serious music ]

of recognized authority or excellence; the definitive work on Greece; classical methods of navigation

[ Syn: authoritative , classic , definitive ]

(language) having the form used by ancient standard authors; classical Greek

of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures; classical mythology; classical

[ Syn: classic , greco-roman , graeco-roman , hellenic ]